DE Hassan Ridgeway, Mansfield
WR Cayleb Jones, Austin High & WR Thomas Johnson, Dallas Skyline
OL Michael Starts, Waco La Vega
LB Peter Jinkens, Dallas Skyline
Here's a good write-up from the Nike Football Training Camp held on the TCU campus in Forth Worth this weekend. Lots of Texas commitments performed well. OL Michael Starts and some other uncommitted prospects that UT is still after were in attendance too. DE Hassan Ridgeway of Mansfield took home MVP honors for the defensive line and LB Peter Jinkens received the MVP for the linebackers.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recru...ory?id=6324148
DE Hassan Ridgeway, Mansfield
WR Cayleb Jones, Austin High & WR Thomas Johnson, Dallas Skyline
OL Michael Starts, Waco La Vega
LB Peter Jinkens, Dallas Skyline
Forgive my long answer...DB LaDarrell McNeil's recruitment has had me confused since February. McNeil had Texas atop his list throughout his junior year and he was a favorite of Duane Akina's for a very long time before he left for Arizona. He still remains the top safety prospect in the state. If you remember, he attended the first Junior Day in February despite all of the DBs being moved to the second Junior Day two weeks later because of Jerry Gray's departure for the Tennessee ans. Naturally, you wouldn't invite a prospect to campus if he doesn't have a position coach to talk to...it's just not a smart recruiting decision. McNeil still made it to town despite all of that (if that was his decision or the staff's...I don't know) so everyone expected him to get an offer and be the first DB commitment. When he left town empty-handed afterwards, it was a bit surprising. I thought for sure he'd receive his offer once UT hired a new DB coach and I expected it even more when Akina returned. Even then, there's been little to zero contact with him in the past two months. Usually when a top prospect isn't being recruited by Texas, it has to do with grades, behavioral issues (i.e. LB Derek David of Rockdale) or association with street agents. I haven't heard anything like that about McNeil, so there are only two different scenarios that I can think of that would keep UT from recruiting him. First of all, the word out there right now is he's not considering any school that won't offer his teammate, ATH Damien Lawry. Texas A&M and TCU have offered Lawry and those two schools are McNeil's favorites at the moment. UT won't be offering Lawry. The second scenario has to do with McNeil's high school coach, Elzie Barnett. He is the father of the crazy TE Chris Barnett who changed high schools five times throughout his career and committed to two different colleges (OU and Arkansas) before mysteriously signing with Michigan at the last minute. Barnett has been accused of dealing with street agent Baron Flenory. The thought is Texas simply doesn't want to deal with Barnett in order to get to McNeil. There's a long way to go in this one, so maybe the staff will get back in with him after spring evaluations.
Texas A&M is already getting started on the 2013 class. They held their Super Sop re Day in College Station this past weekend. Here's a list of notable recruits that were in attendance:
QB, Kenny Hill, Southlake Carroll
RB, Keith Ford, Cypress Ranch
RB, LaQuintas Wallace, Tyler Lee
OL, Kent Perkins, Dallas Lake Highlands
DT, Ben Hughes, Waco University
DT, Hardreck Walker, Spring Westfield
ATH, Robert Mitc , Beaumont Central
*Wallace and Perkins are studs and will be recruited at a national level. Texas will be holding their summer camp for 2012 and 2013 prospects in June.
Here's a workout video of QB Connor Brewer. The first two minutes are boring but watch the entire thing. I LOVE his smooth release when he rolls out of the pocket (watch the last throw).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZVrI...ature=youtu.be
But is he a squinter?
I think that's a prerequisite now..."must not squint." FML if Gilbert is the starter and turns the ball over like he did last year.
Prepare your anus. It's going to happen.
A little more info on DE Torshiro Davis of Shreveport, LA...his coach was quoted saying that while Davis is committed to LSU, he may take some visits to other schools in the future. He also mentioned that Texas has had serious interest for a while and he talks to Bo Davis at least once a week. Not only are Torshiro's coach and Davis very good friends, but Davis recruited Torshiro while at Alabama. It'll be tough to pull him away from LSU, but that's just the kind of relationship that UT needs to get their foot in the door with an big-time out-of-state prospect. We've already learned what kind of recruiter Davis is after pulling DT Malcom Brown away from the Aggies after only two months on the job, so I won't doubt him if he wants the kid badly enough.
The latest from Recruitocosm. More on street agents.
http://recruitocosm.fantake.com/2011...#comment-80131
So, Gray and his daddy are pissed about a blog insinuating rumors of daddy whoring his son out. Whoop! Rumor mongering gone bad.
edit:
Aggy caved and removed said blog.
Last edited by Kermit; 04-12-2011 at 10:07 AM.
I thought about linking this site a few days ago, but didn't want to give an Aggie troll his due. Looks like the entire site is now down. For those that don't know what's been going on, a poster from TexAgs or AggieYell has been writing an ongoing blog ever since DT Malcom Brown and LB Tim Cole committed to Texas (likely out of bitterness). It's basically just nonsense with no factual evidence about Texas paying their players and dealing with street agents. The blog's latest piece had a feature on RB Johnathan Gray being shopped out to various colleges by his father for $250K. The dumbest thing about this piece is the blogger (who's clearly an A&M fan) included A&M in the list of schools the Grays are dealing withSo, Gray and his daddy are pissed about a blog insinuating rumors of daddy whoring his son out. Whoop! Rumor mongering gone bad.
edit:
. Anyway, reports came out this morning that the Grays were considering pushing Johnathan's commitment date back and getting a lawyer to deal with the mess. They don't want to make a commitment to any school with allegations like this being thrown around (the story has spread pretty quickly). Looks like the blogger found out he's being pursued and took down the site or legal action has already been taken.
I thought about linking this site a few days ago, but didn't want to give an Aggie troll his due. Looks like the entire site is now down. For those that don't know what's been going on, a poster from TexAgs or AggieYell has been writing an ongoing blog ever since DT Malcom Brown and LB Tim Cole committed to Texas (likely out of bitterness). It's basically just nonsense with no factual evidence about Texas paying their players and dealing with street agents. The blog's latest piece had a feature on RB Johnathan Gray being shopped out to various colleges by his father for $250K. The dumbest thing about this piece is the blogger (who's clearly an A&M fan) included A&M in the list of schools the Grays are dealing with
a rogue blogger and rumors about football recruiting. who would have ever thought such a thing could happen?
I feel for the Aggie fanbase that wants nothing to do with this guy and never promoted his story. He was putting A&M in a bad position as well. Silly rumors aren't usually given a second look but reckless defamation of a family with a solid reputation like the Grays isn't cool. Nothing says "I'm full of " like taking down a blog once there's a threat of legal action. The same guy is supposedly saying UT paid Cole and Brown $80K a piece for their commitments while also creating a fake Connor Wood facebook page saying he was friends with Will Lyles. He could be in deep if they ever find him.
the thing is anyone could really set up anyone else. one could be an aggie or sooner fan and pose as a longhorn or red raider fan or vice versa. hopefully, they do catch the culprit and make that individual pay for it.
on that note, thanks for keeping the information on this site at a respectable level. it is appreciated.
No problem at all. I appreciate input from all sides and try to remain objective. You're right about the blogger in question and I guess I should say "troll" and not "Aggie troll." It could very well be anyone. The only thing I know for sure is a guy with the handle "AggieinDC" was promoting this story over on A&M sites and it only makes things worse. It sounds like he's starting to backpedal as well.
I think they found the culprit.
Or maybe this guy.
i'm pretty sure it wasn't this guy:
I digress...back to recruiting. Here are some 2013 names to keep in mind:
OL, Ja'Braylin Thomas, Weimar (6-7, 310)
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...-Thomas-124807
DT, Justin Manning, Dallas Kimble (6-3, 275) *likely an OU lock
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...Manning-121021
DT, A'Shawn Robinson, Forth Worth Arlington Heights (6-4, 302)
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...obinson-123086
DT, Vincent Taylor, San Antonio Madison (6-3, 240)
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...-Taylor-113668
ATH Kendall Sanders of Athens mentioned today that he's had no contact with the UT staff since the spring game weekend. Sounds like he's pretty much waiting for an offer at this point. There's no good reason why you wouldn't offer a dynamic talent like Sanders as he can take on multiple roles for a football team, so we'll see what decisions the staff makes during and after spring evaluations. Just a reminder that the spring evaluation period starts next Monday, April 18th. The staff will be back on the road looking at 2012 and 2013 prospects.
RB Johnathan Gray's father came out last night and said that the blog accusing him of seeking payment for his son's commitment will not delay Johnathan's announcement scheduled for Friday, April 22nd. It looks like the guy who started the said blog posts as "DaRootas Big D" on TexAgs and "pauley01" on AggieYell. Scroll through the thread to see his comments highlighted in yellow.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...www.google.com
*Per Hook 'Em 24/7, Oscar Giles and Darrell Wyatt will be stopping in Weimar next Monday to visit 2013 OL Ja'Braylin Thomas. Thomas' hometown of Weimar is near Schulenburg about halfway between San Antonio and Houston directly off of I-10. Most of the staff will be traveling for the next few weeks so there should be lots of updates to come on recruits around the state (some out-of-state guys as well).
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=...ed=0CBUQ8gEwAA
*OL Kennedy Estelle has yet to make his mind up on where his next recruiting trip will be. His mother reiterated earlier this week that he has to choose between a trip to Auburn/Alabama or Florida State. I think it's actually encouraging that he's making these visits. Let his mother see just how far these schools are from Pearland and she'll likely appreciate UT's location that much more. It sounds like these visits are something Estelle just needs to get out of his system before making a decision.
More recruiting updates from Recruitocosm:
http://recruitocosm.fantake.com/2011...-some-targets/
*Good news from last night is OL Andrus Peat of Tempe, AZ has been in contact with Stacy Searels recently. Searels has planned a trip to Tempe next Thursday to visit Peat at his high school. He's the one out-of-state prospect that I feel Texas has a legit shot with and what a get he would be. He's the perfect left tackle prospect for an offensive line that is in need of serious help. The UT staff will be visiting some of the other out-of-state targets during the spring evaluation period and it looks like they aren't going to concede these guys to other schools without a fight. They'll need to get them to Austin at some point in the future to have a chance, though. UT is hoping to land RB Johnathan Gray next week so that he can assist QB Connor Brewer with the recruiting effort by reeling in some other big fish to close this class.
*DT Javonte Magee of San Antonio Sam Houston hasn't talked very much since his visit to Waco for Baylor's spring game two weeks ago. Turns out he has been in constant contact with the UT staff, but he isn't naming a leader at this time. I don't think Texas is the favorite right now, but they are very much in the mix with Baylor and Texas A&M. Remember, UT signed Magee's teammate, DT Quincy Russell, in the 2011 class and that should count for something. Hopefully the staff will turn up the heat on this guy during spring evaluations. He's a definite take regardless of the scholarship numbers and how many defensive lineman you already have commitments from. I'm still waiting to see if LSU will throw their name in hat at some point. Magee is a Lousiana native and moved here after Hurricane Katrina. The home state school getting involved could make things interesting.
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